Ellie Goulding Finding Success with Release of “Lights”

With all due respect to Adam Sandler, British singer-songwriter Ellie
Goulding is no “wedding singer”.

The newest Jewish Brit to skyrocket to the top of the U.S. music
charts since the late Amy Winehouse is enjoying her newfound success with “Lights”,
a song she released close to a year ago, demonstrating the actual time needed
to become an “overnight success”.

In
2010, Goulding became the second artist to top both the BBC's annual "Sound of..." poll and win the
Critics' Choice Award at th Brit Awards in the same year,
following Adeles win of both in
2008. After signing with Polydor Records in 2009, she
released her first EP, "An Introduction to Ellie Goulding".

“Lights”, a powerful and compelling track, has been downloaded
more than 1.9 million times, despite only reaching number 49 on the UK charts.

Goulding was invited to sing at the April 2011 wedding of Prince
William and Kate Middleton – both fans of the Jewish songstress – and the
25-year-old didn’t disappoint, nailing a cover of
Elton John’s “Your Song” at their wedding reception at Buckingham Palace.

Goulding, who has a soprano vocal rangeand a musical style that has been
compared to Kate Nash, Meiko, Lykke Li, and Tracy Thorn, also plays the drums.

The second of four
children, Goulding began playing the clarinet at the age of nine, and at 14
began learning guitar. She attended Lady Hawkins' School in Kingston, where she
won a main part in a school production, 'TheWizard Of Oz', as the scarecrow. She
started songwriting at the age of 15 and while in college she won a singing
competition.

Known as an avid
runner who takes to the streets for up to six miles a day, Goulding is
allegedly in a relationship with American producer and DJ, Sonny Moore

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